Drum kit

[macp]

I am considering getting a drum kit.Mainly its for my own enjoyment I dont intend to go gigging but never say never.I would like to go for an electronic kit for noise and space reasons.I have played on the Roland TD kits with the mesh pads which really do feel like skins rather than the plastic versions.However the Roland TD-4KX kit is about a grand so any other suggestions or ideas ?

[davepoth]

Go and buy "Rock Band" for the PS3 or Xbox, the drum kit that comes with that can be plugged into a PC and actually works, so I'm told...

[russell_ram]

Yamaha or Alesis ? Both have well respected kits around the £500 price point (or look for a used older Roland kit).

[HOGEPH]

Get a mesh headed kit. I had a Yamaha DTXpress with hard pads, and it just didn't feel like a kit. Now I have a Roland TD12-KX, which feels a lot more natural.

[macp]

HOGEPH said:

Get a mesh headed kit. I had a Yamaha DTXpress with hard pads, and it just didn't feel like a kit. Now I have a Roland TD12-KX, which feels a lot more natural.

Yes the mesh pads feel so much more natural.Thanks Russell I havent really looked at used Roland kits yet I guess there will be some on the bay of e.

The TD12 kit is a really serious piece of kit excellent.

[oj121]

I played for years and never really got on with the electronic kits. Nothing compares to the real thing and if space is the problem just pack up the biggest bits when you have finished and get some noise reduction heads for the drums mate. I made a load myself and it was pretty cheap and easy. If you get an electronic kit and really get into it you will be gutted you didnt go the whole way. If you do got for the real thing dont look any further than Tama. I had a Rockstar Custom in Blue and it was stunning.

[Z06George]

I play an accoustic kit, TD12 and a rubber practise pad kit pretty much on a daily basis. If you slacken the heads on the TD kits they feel a lot more authentic, similarly if you have silencing pads on a drumkit it feel more like an electronic kit. Rubber kit on the other hand has so much more response, nothing like a real drumkit and very similar to American marching snares. There's nothng I can't do on one that I can on the other, so my advice is to go with what fits your budget or space if you're not gigging.

George

[kryten]

got my daughter a roland 9KX all mesh kit. she enjoyed it but reckoned it "didn't feel like real drums" that she was using in lessons.

We now also have a real kit, which she probably uses 90% of the time - of course, the disadvantage is it has no volume control!

[Dam0ZR]

I got an electronic kit for practice at home but its nothing compared to playing the real thing.

Theres nothing wrong with getting an electronic kit but just dont go too cheap if you want something thats half decent. I didnt want to spend more than a grand so i went for an Alesis dm10. Fairly new to the market and you get a lot of stuff for the price. Really good kit, have a look on youtube for some examples. i paid 800 for mine new.
Also the heads can be changed for mesh if you want.

For a start get a practice pad to get some rudiments going

More importantly, have fun